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  • Hillside Fields

    A History of Sports in West Virginia

    de Bob Barnett ...
    West Virginia’s championship teams at WVU and Marshall and athletic superstars like Jerry West and Mary Lou Retton are familiar to all, but few know the untold story of sports in the Mountain State. Hillside Fields: A History of Sports in West Virginia chronicles the famous athletic triumphs and heart-breaking losses of local heroes and legendary teams, recording the titanic struggles of a small ... Leer más

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  • A Day in the Life

    de Bob Barnett ...
    A Day in the LifeBy: Bob BarnettA Day in the Life is a delightful collection of short stories that give a behind-the-scenes view of what it’s really like to be in the United States Marine Corps. From pulling off elaborate pranks to getting lost during training and having to camp in the freezing rain, this collection is both hilarious and heartfelt, and shows that even members of the world’s most ... Leer más

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  • The Black Athlete in West Virginia

    High School and College Sports from 1900 Through the End of Segregation

    This chronicle of sports at West Virginia's 40 black high schools and three black colleges illuminates many issues in race relations and the struggle for social justice within the state and nation. Despite having inadequate resources, the black schools' sports teams thrived during segregation and helped tie the state's scattered black communities together. West Virginia hosted the nation's first ... Leer más

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  • Bob Dylan and the Spheres of Existence

    Series series Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
    Bob Dylan and the Spheres of Existence shows that existential questions lie at the heart of Bob Dylan’s songwriting—a point that will developed with the help of renowned Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard. One of the focal points of Kierkegaard’s authorship is the journey towards authentic selfhood. Famously, he thematizes this journey in terms of existential “spheres”—the aesthetic, the ethical ... Leer más

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  • Daddy-O's Book of Big-Ass Art

    Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York’s Whitney Museum, the de Menil Collection in Houston, and other venues, Bob “Daddy-O” Wade started “keeping it weird” in 1961 when he arrived in Austin with his ’51 custom Ford hot rod and his slicked-back hair. Primed to study art at the University of Texas, Wade’s ... Leer más

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  • The Twilight Warriors

    de Robert Gandt ...
    Winner of the 2011 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature, The Twilight Warriors is the engrossing, page-turning saga of a tightly knit band of naval aviators who are thrust into the final—and most brutal—battle of the Pacific war during World War II: Okinawa.April 1945. The end of World War II finally appears to be nearing. The Third Reich is collapsing in Europe, and the Americans are ... Leer más

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  • How Carriers Fought

    Carrier Operations in World War II

    de Lars Celander ...
    An in-depth analysis of aircraft carrier battles in WWII and the evolution of carrier operations—from technology and strategy to life among the crew.First built in 1921, the aircraft carrier brought a new dimension to military strategy as the United States entered World War II. How Carriers Fought examines the evolution of carrier operations with a special focus on the conflict in the Pacific ... Leer más

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  • Ambush Alley

    The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War

    de Tim Pritchard ...
    March 23, 2003: U.S. Marines from the Task Force Tarawa are caught up in one of the most unexpected battles of the Iraq War. What started off as a routine maneuver to secure two key bridges in the town of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq degenerated into a nightmarish twenty-four-hour urban clash in which eighteen young Marines lost their lives and more than thirty-five others were wounded. It was the ... Leer más

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  • Trigger Men

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  • Sua Sponte

    The Forging of a Modern American Ranger

    de Dick Couch ...
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  • The Battle of Midway (True Combat)

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    One bomb hit the Japanese carrier Akagi amidships, ripping through the hangar deck and exploding amidst the stored torpedoes, carelessly stowed bombs and refuelling tanks, setting off secondary explosions. A second set the planes on the flight deck ablaze. The stern was shattered, the rudder useless and, as the huge ship lurched drunkenly around, Japanese officers begged the stunned admiral to ... Leer más

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  • To Be a Military Sniper

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